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Simon Willison

Just got this in a Google Meet on my iPhone, ?

"Gmail" Would Like to Access Your Motion & Fitness Activity This allows you to be automatically prompted to enter Meet On-The-Go Don't Allow Allow
4 September at 21:01 | Open on fedi.simonwillison.net
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Dave Peck

@simon likewise a few days ago and, uh, no?

4 September at 21:07 | Open on mastodon.davepeck.org
Ian Dees

@simon fwiw, "Meet On-The-Go" is a feature that turns off video on a Google Meet video call and mutes you with the thought that you're probably walking with your phone in your pocket.

4 September at 21:21 | Open on social.modest.com
Simon Willison

@ian that makes sense! Shame they couldn’t explain that in the weird dialog that popped up

4 September at 21:22 | Open on fedi.simonwillison.net
Ian Dees

@simon the approval experience on Android is similarly weird. There's definitely some product manager deep in the depths of Google scratching their head about why usage is so low on this feature.

4 September at 21:28 | Open on social.modest.com
Simon Willison

Apparently it’s for when you’re in a meeting while on a walk - good luck guessing that from the dialog though! social.modest.com/@ian/1130813

4 September at 22:21 | Open on fedi.simonwillison.net
Simon Willison
Gary Fleming

@simon @ian even if I used Meet from the Gmail app, I’m not sure I’d trust Google to have any of that health information.

5 September at 4:15 | Open on mastodon.social
ocdtrekkie

@simon I don't allow any Google apps on my iPhone. Unfortunately that means I can only join a Meet while mobile if it has dial-in enabled, which is only for Workspace accounts.

5 September at 0:16 | Open on mastodon.social
John Ulrik

@simon Yes yes, this is certainly the only thing they will use that data for. Guaranteed! Not …

5 September at 6:55 | Open on mastodon.world
Jamie Lawrence

@simon auto-cancel the next meeting because I’m too tired

5 September at 8:50 | Open on ruby.social
Sriram Karra

@simon
I use this mode on the Pixel (where it doesn't need this grotesquely broad permission bundle IIRC).

If you join a Meet from home and hop into your car and start driving for e.g. the on-the-go mode will switch the UI and makes the Mute and other buttons nice and big and easily accessible. It's actually quite nice.

6 September at 4:18 | Open on infosec.exchange
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